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Brooklyn Man Settles Blind Neighbor's Poisoned-Tree Case for $3,000
Stephen Antonson, accused of poisoning trees to open his Rockport harbor view, admitted no guilt; the late Ruth Graham's son calls the fine inadequate.
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Maine Business Wire reported on Maine Board of Pesticides Control on October 5, 2026.
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October 5, 2026
Brooklyn Man Settles Blind Neighbor's Poisoned-Tree Case for $3,000
A Brooklyn man will pay $3,000 to settle state allegations that he poisoned an elderly neighbor's trees to clear the harbor view from his Rockport vacation home, under an agreement the Maine Board of Pesticides Control approved on Feb. 27, the Bangor Daily News reported.
- Fine
- $3,000
- Town
- Rockport
- Herbicides found
- Imazapic and triclopyr
- Top fine under 2025 law
- $50,000; $75,000 for repeat violations
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